Release Date: 26 April 2019
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602567525905
Genres: Jazz  World Music  
Release Date: 26 April 2019
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602567525905
Genres: Jazz  World Music  
Description
Improvising vocalist, folk singer, storyteller, pianist: on her ECM recording debut Areni Agbabian focuses the range of her skills in music that casts a quiet spell.
A sparse music in which voice, piano and the subtle percussion of Nicolas Stocker (last heard on ECM with Nik Bärtsch's Mobile ensemble), continually shade into silence. The California-born Agbabian, who came to international attention with the groups of Tigran Hamasyan, draws deeply upon her Armenian heritage, reinterpreting sacred hymns, a traditional tale, a folk melody transcribed by Komitas and more, and interspersing these elements among her own evocative compositions.
Bloom was recorded in Lugano in October 2016 and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Personnel: Areni Agbabian (voice, piano), Nicolas Stocker (percussion)
Tracklisting
Judith Berkson; Trevor Dunn; Gerald Cleaver
Elina Duni; Rob Luft
Duo Gazzana
Miroslav Vitous; Michel Portal; Jack DeJohnette; Esperanza Spalding; Bob Mintzer; Gary Campbell; Ge
Mark Turner; Jason Palmer; Joe Martin; Jonathan Pinson
Marilyn Crispell; Anders Jormin
Julia Hulsmann Octet
Heinz Holliger; Marie-Lise Schupbach
Curio Curio
Ak'Chamel
Ravi Shankar
Meridian Brothers & Mexican Institute of Sound
Stewart Copeland
Abdou El Omari
The Ukrainians
Kuljit Bhamra